Cross-species microsatellite amplification in South American Caimans (Caiman spp and Paleosuchus palpebrosus)

Microsatellite DNA markers have been used to assess genetic diversity and to study ecological behavioral characteristics in animals. Although these markers are powerful tools, their development is labor intensive and costly. Thus, before new markers are developed it is important to prospect the use...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Barban Zucoloto, Priscilla Marqui Schimidt Villela, Luciano Martins Verdade, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2006-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572006000100015